I called around to about eight different Blockbusters
Clever. I hadn't thought of that!
Mal: That's not what I saw. You like to tell me what really happened? Book: I surely would. And maybe someday I will.
'Safe'
LotR - The Return of the King: "We named the *dog* 'Strider'".
Frodo: Please, what does it always mean, this... this "Aragorn"? Elrond: That's his name. Aragorn, son of Arathorn. Aragorn: I like "Strider." Elrond: We named the *dog* "Strider".
A discussion of Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King. If you're a pervy hobbit fancier, this is the place for you.
libkitty - Dec 15, 2004 10:30:17 am PST #3401 of 3902
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
§ ita § - Dec 15, 2004 11:03:08 am PST #3402 of 3902
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I ended up Netflixing the first one ahead of time.
Sadly, except not, I agreed to watch it with a friend. On Saturday. I haven't even bought it yet, mostly because neither Costco nor now Target had the Minas Tirith edition.
sumi - Dec 15, 2004 12:40:41 pm PST #3403 of 3902
Art Crawl!!!
It's here!
I've opened it up and ordered the slipcase and tomorrow I'm going to send away for the rebate and once I've posted this -- going to log-off and prepare for a long winter's evening of LotRing!
sumi - Dec 15, 2004 12:42:35 pm PST #3404 of 3902
Art Crawl!!!
I can't believe your Target didn't have the Minas Tirith edition!
The one in my town did -- well, I saw one.
What it didn't have was a plush my little pony that my niece doesn't already have! (She has the pink one. . . all they had was the pink one. I got her a different one -- not plush,but sparkly and with wings and I think, a tiara. I think she should like that.)
Kathy A - Dec 15, 2004 1:10:12 pm PST #3405 of 3902
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
When I was at the Best Buy yesterday morning (some 15 minutes after they opened), the table that they had all the new releases set up on was already down to the last gift set, which I snagged. The girl standing behind it asked me what the big deal was with that version in particular, since "everyone's getting it instead of just the movie." She called back for a restock as I was heading for the register--I'm sure they had more in the stockroom.
§ ita § - Dec 15, 2004 2:28:53 pm PST #3406 of 3902
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The one in my town did -- well, I saw one.
She went into the back and everything -- she said they had FotR and TT ones, which strikes me as odd. Maybe I just shouldn't shop in Simi.
Dani - Dec 15, 2004 3:31:51 pm PST #3407 of 3902
I believe vampires are the world's greatest golfers
[SA, I was talking about the typo - " Dominica " made me picture Dom in drag .]
Volans - Dec 15, 2004 9:20:00 pm PST #3408 of 3902
move out and draw fire
Le sigh. Mine has shipped, but now it's somewhere in the APO system, competing with all the Christmas gifts going to troops in Iraq. I can wait. As I've mentioned before, I don't have a TV anyway, which helps me be generous in my soul to our boys in the field. I just don't think I could bring myself to watch ROTK on my computer monitor.
I did get the 50th Anniv. edition of the book (solstice gift for husband) and it's beautiful!
esse - Dec 16, 2004 1:38:38 am PST #3409 of 3902
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Dani--ah. hee.
sumi - Dec 16, 2004 5:16:35 am PST #3410 of 3902
Art Crawl!!!
I'd have to say about Gimli that it wasn't the drinking game that bothered me -- so much as TPoTD which should have played out as real fear and not for laughts.
I agree that Faramir gets the best deal out of the added scenes. Of course, I wanted MORE. I mean we had that shot of Aragorn healing Faramir - but we never got to see it in the finished film.
I watched the film, "Cameras in MiddleEarth" and the one about the music (not the extra dvd but the disk four extra) plus -- baked cookies and made a salad for a potluck we're having at work today. So, I didn't get to bed 'til 1 -- and I'm tired, but it was totally worth it.
And I have to say that I should have trusted PJ about that "Eowyn's Dream" thing. I was releaved.
I also watched this on my tv -- which has a 13-inch screen. Naturally, I bought the widescreen version. I NEED to see it on a big screen.
I am also very happy that the "Lighting of the Beacons" is one of Viggo's favorite scenes too.